| Link to Guidance | Date | Additional comment |
| Administrative Court Guidance on Judicial Review | July 2020 |
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| Cafcass and the Work of Independent Reviewing Officers: Updated Practice Note | March 2018 |
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| Capacity to Litigate in Proceedings involving Children (Family Justice Council) | April 2018 |
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| Children Act 1989: care planning, placement and case review DfE Statutory Guidance | Last updated July 2021 |
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| Children Act 1989: family and friends care Statutory guidance for local authorities about family and friends providing care for children who cannot live with their parents. DfE | March 2011 |
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| Committal for Contempt of Court in Open Court: Practice Direction | 20 August 2020 |
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| Communicating with Uk Visas and Immigration (UKVI) family proceedings (Protocol) | 17 May 2018 |
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| Complete index of Government Guidance relevant to Looked after Children |
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| Cross-border child protection cases: the 1996 Hague Convention (How local authorities can deal with international child protection) | Last updated January 2021 |
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Disclosure of information in cases of alleged child abuse and linked criminal and care directions hearings
| November 2013 | Additional documents: executive summary, FAQs, disclosure direction to police – Annex H & I |
| Disclosure of information in cases of alleged child abuse and linked criminal and care directions hearings Protocol and Good Practice | October 2013 |
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| Drafting Orders President of the Family Division | 10 November 2021 |
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| Duration of Ex Parte (Without Notice) Orders Practice Guidance President | January 2017 |
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| Fact-Finding Hearings and Domestic Abuse in Private law children proceedings – Guidance for Judges and Magistrates President of the Family Division | 5 May 2022 |
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| Freestanding Port Alerts Advisory Note Peel J | 28 September 2022 |
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| Good practice guidance on working with parents with a learning disability (Working Together with Parents Network & Norah Fry Centre) | September 2016 |
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| Guidance on E-Bundles President of the Family Division | 18 February 2022 |
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| Guide to Judicial Conduct | Revised March 2018 |
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| ICACU request for cooperation forms | Updated December 2020 |
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| Interim Supervision Order Report Public Law Working Group Consultation | 2 November 2022 |
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| International Family Justice Office: Family Courts Informing Consular Authorities of Proceedings | Guidance reissued in December 2019 |
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| International Family Justice Office: International Judicial Communications | Guidance reissued in December 2019 |
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| IRO Handbook Statutory Guidance | April 2017 |
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| Judicial protocol for children’s cases in Scotland, and England and Wales | July 2018 |
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| Liaison between the courts and Britsh Embassies and High Commissions Guidance from the President of the Family Division | 14 March 2022 |
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| McKenzie Friends Practice Guidance & Guidance from the President | May 2012 |
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| Official Solicitor Appointment in Family Proceedings (in relation to adults) Practice Note for Solicitors | Updated January 2017 |
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| Practice Guidance: Case Management and Mediation of International Child Abduction Proceedings | March 2018 |
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| Practice Guidance: Children Arbitration in the Family Court | July 2018 |
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| President of the Family Division’s Memorandum: Experts in the Family Court | October 2021 |
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| President’s Guidance: Jurisdiction of the family court: allocation of cases within the family court to High Court judge level and transfer of cases from the family court to the High Court | February 2018 |
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| President’s Guidance on the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU) and its role | 10 November 2014 |
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| President’s Guidance: Family proceedings: Parents with a learning disability | April 2018 |
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| President’s Guidance: Listinf Final Hearings in Adoption Cases | April 2018 |
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| Protocol on Communications Between the Family Court & Immigration & AsylumChambers of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal | July 2013 |
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| Radicalisation Cases in the Family Courts President’s Guidance | 8 October 2015 |
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| Reporting in the Family Courts President’s Guidance | 29 October 2019 |
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| Schedule to Guidance on Allocation and Gatekeeping for Care, Supervision and other Proceedings President of Family Division | Reissued 5 June 2020 | Main text of guidance published in April 2014 |
| Special guardianship guidance Statutory guidance on the special guardianship services local authorities need to provide in accordance with the Children Act 1989. DfE | Last updated January 2017 |
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| Special Measures in Family Proceedings | 11 July 2022 |
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| Witness Statements President of the Family Division | 10 November 2021 |
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| Witnesses Giving Evidence From Abroad First Tier Tribunal Property Chamber | 5 September 2022 |
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| Working together to safeguard children | Statutory guidance – updated December 2020 |
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